Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1930 — Page 1

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«N CASE ®.y BE VOTED WN SENATE vSe ’®. AA..I I- Approve Action “■ Chairman £ll rTNBS ON ■spn mxrket (U.R) — ~.•. formal .. * n|^K .. Tennessee ■r, as K*,.| . <•( "playing ;! i. ligation <>r ..■■•• planning today ~ on • the way the sJi.,lotl Carbide , organiz111 B*' ! ".mid bring AU .. and then force on the question -.. may be subundoubtedly- will evidence sohilted funds <’ubide companv on th n claim 'did tlie ntonev when he reused them to - stock ' expected to turned the association tin- he matic on the ■h- n senators have HoilTiXlTlt ON PAGE SIX) Rob Messenger . 111.. M uch 29 — (UP) — t«o messengers of the ' mnpany from the bants Hank, bane i employees to hand __Bt«a ii here today. The JB| c. r 'd'w alongside the . Bta >ne of the glass B» ' employees to re. H Btfli the money- bags. F SWORN 181 MUTINEERS \Ki ' cts ’ n tar V ConAfter MissI I ouri Jail Riot Me I’enitentiary, Jefferson Mar. h 29—(U.R)—GrayfiBI Warden J.eslie Rudolph. MPi ex-1 utlve of the "Old Jeff B !'• "■ ■ i an remember Vhen imy was a "real prisnu t t|m challenge of IM"- I’i'inoners and today were yvorn by many the walls. than 100 ring leaders of Bwliellieii which threw the prisEB uproar from Wednesday g® in'll Thursday evening, were BB r 'm in solitary dungeons. Ey “stripes" replacing the ■■‘'"mfortable prison uniform, ■■given the men last evening had been named by ns the leaders of the unrest. ■c 8 "dressing in” was a dra- £.'■ ! '' oKe to one ° f the mos t gS' riots in the history of the it -was held under ■■glare of powerful search W > A double guard stood in and on the walls ■B biiliiiamen leveled machine I the crowd. Rudolph addressed of 150 men as It from the mess hall the complaints against He was the judge case. v 'n the usual three meals mess hail yesterday. The were denied the morning Bau " *^ e noon day lunch. "ad been fed in their cells. ■f‘ ,108 t sullen were not. fed.

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Candidate for HighrU Pennsylvania Honors U r JbC ” H. '.lff John Hemphill, young Philadelphia attorney, is a 'Democratic i Gubernatorial candidate in the (Spring primary in Pennsylvania. Hemphill is 39 years old and is one of lhe youngest candidates .ever tor run for the State's highest office. He rose from private to captain in the World War while fighting with the Fourth Division | in France. endancerld - SHIPS SAFE 52 Men on Vessels Are Saved Off West Coast Today San Francisco. Mar. 29—(U.R) — Fifty-two men endangered when ’wo vessels met disaster in heavyfog off the California coast were repotted safe early today. J|te Japanese freighter Rhine Mani was Relieved breaking up on the rocks of Point Sur. 110 miles south of here, and the schooner Claremont, was thought safely beached off the Presidio in San Francisco bay. The salvage tug. Sa Sailor, was bound for Point Sur at an earlyhour to endeavor to tow the Rltme Marti to port. Members of the crew of the Japanese vessel, 3S men and officers, were aboard the steamer Humboldt which was proceeding to San Francisco. They were transferred from the Rhime Marti in life boats late last night. The 24 members of the Claremont's crew remained aboard the ship. A survey was being made today and it was believed possible the ship would be towed to dry docks. The Claremont struck rocks off Point Bonita in the fog last night and was ordered beached by its master. Captain Edward Anderson, to avert possible foundering. For several hours last night the safety of the men on the Japanese vessel was in doubt. Radio reports indicated that the vessel was feared to be in danger of sinking and that the Humboldt and S. M. Storey were steaming to the rescue. Shortly before midnight the Radio Marine corporation received a mes(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MANY ATTEND CHURCH MEET . » — Northwest Ohio Methodist Conference Closes at Willshire Today Willshire, Ohio, March 29 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—The Northwestern Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church closed an interesting two-day session here at noon today. A wonderful address last evening by Bishop Blake of Indianapolis and an inspiring sermon by Rev. Rowan were features. Dr. Seward of Defiance, Ohio presided and the attendance was large at each session. More than two hundred delegates responded last evening when a call was made to ascertain how many had received Literary Digest ballots on the prohibition question and how many had returned them. The survey showed that 12 women and 47 men had received the ballots and five women and thirty-nine men had (cast votes in the straw election to ascertain sentiment regarding the i enforcement, modification or repeal lof the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead law.

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MISSING YACHT REPORTED SAFE Boat With 20 Students Missing For More Than 12 Hours San Francisco, March 29 —(UP) — Hours of anxiety for the parents of 20 youths aboard a small yacht end •*<l today when word was received that the yach - , missing for more than 12 hours, was safe. Mis. Luther Stein, wife of the assistant pastor of the Presbyterian church. Berkeley, and Edward Cowan. San Francisco, received word that the craft was safe. Cowan’s son, Everett, was one of the party aboard the boat. Most of those aboard the boat were University of California student's. The yacht left Oakland yesterday for a pleasure cruise of the bay. expecting to be back by 8 p. in. It was caught in a thick fog and pulled in at Paradise Cove, on the Karin County shore, to spend the night. When the yacht failed to return during the night there was much anxiety and at 1 A. M. P. S. T. police were notified. No details were given of the party to Mrs. Stein or Cowan but it is presumed the yacht, overtaken by the fog. pulled into the Cove until fair weather would make navigation of the bay safe. Six vessels searched through the early morning for the small yacht, it being feared that it had gone adrift and out of golden gate to the open sea. Residents of Paradise Cove x reported that two yachts dropped anchor in the Cove during the night and that one apparently had engine trouble. Paradise Cove is an isolated spot on the Marin County shore and is so situated that a searching boat would have to eater the- Cove to ascertain whether a boat was anchored there. o 200 PRESENT AT FARM SHOW Local Men on Program at St. Johns; Eno Lankenau Presides A number of Decatur business men awompanied L. E. Archbold, county 1 agent, to the St. Johns school in Preble township last night, where about 200 people enjoyed the program presented to them. fcno I»tnkenau presided and the program was opened with songs by the girls of the confirmation class of St. Johns. Moving pictures of the state and national corn husking contests were shown, after which the rag-doll method of testing seed corn was explained. Fine talks were then given by O. L. Vance, J. W. Calland. Geo. Krick and Avon Burk. Eskimo pies were served to the children and coffee and sandwiches to the adults by- H. P. Schmitt. The next farm meeting will be held in the Kirkland township high school gymnasium Thursday evening, April 10. O. L. Vance will act as chairman and the principal speaker will be Dr. C. T. Gregory of the Purdue Extension department Everybody invited. ■ ■ o Indiana Dry Agents Severely Criticized Indianapolis March 29 —(UP) — Shakeup of the federal prohibition law enforcement unit in Indiana was forcast today when in federal court Judge Robert C. Baltzell took occasion to criticize the prohibition unit's work. “The situation has become very grave" George Jeffery, United States District Attorney commented during course of criticism by Judge Baltzell. At the same time Jeeffry informed Judge Baltzell that one of the prohibition agents "has disappeared" with valuable information in several cases. Later another agent said that the agent in question is on duty near Hammond. Celina Man Arrested Alfred Striper, of Celina, Ohio, was arrested late Friday night by night officer Roscoe Elzey on a charge of public intoxication. He was taken to the Adams county jail and will be arraigned in Mayor's court tonight.

ON L Y DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 29, 1930.

M-- ■ » OFFICES to close I The offices of county clerk and county recorder will close at noon Monday, March 31, In order that the officials may have sufficient time to prepare I their reports. All persons having business to transact in lhe two offices are urged to arrange to do so Munday morning. PARLEY CROUPS FAIL TO AGREE France and England Refuse To Compromise ’ On 5-power Treaty London M.arch 21* —(I'P) — Nego j tiations between French and British delega e,s for a pact which would break the naval conference deadlock reached a difficult stage today with French circles expressing discouragement. The French and British exports met at the foreign office and compared formulas drafted by each group outlining their respec ive ideas of tile possiliililies of a pact ofeting security to Frame in re turn for reduction of her naval tonnage claims. The ideas were based on interpretation of articles 11 and 16 of the League of Ntt'ions covenant. French sources represented the British as disinclined to agree to a i sufficiently strong interpretation of ' the league articles to provide seettr- ; i y which France demands. Thus the deadlock between Eng ' land and France over interpretation |oi the two articles —a deadlock I which has existed iti international i negotiations for eight years— appeared to be so far from solution today that it would close that avenue for a five power naval agreement. The French, however expressed hope that the negotiations would I be pursued along a different course The experts will discuss other for mulas for agreement and upon the invitation of foreign secretary Arthur Henderson, tb<’ French Froeign minister. Aristide Briand. and the French expert. Rene Massigli, had luncheon with him at Claridges and continued the discussions. o — Sentence Is Commuted Albany, N. Y.. March 29 —(U.R) — Governor Roosevelt today commuted the death sentence of Fred M. Edel, the man to whom he granted four respites, one within 50 minutes of the time set for execution, to life imprisonment. Edel had been convicted of the murder of Mr». Emmeline Harrington, an actress of Binghamton, who was found slain in a New York city apartment. In definitely removing Edel from the shadow of the death chair at Sing Sing, the governor expressed the hope that the investigation on which an application for a Mew trial was sought for Edel would be continued. Application was based on the discovery of new evidence Edel's attorneys claimed. JOSEPH PEEL IS CANDIDATE Jefferson Township Farmer Seeks Trusteeship; Democrat Ticket Joseph Peel, well-known Jefferson township farmer and precinct committeeman of Jefferson township for many years today announced that he would seek the Demoera’ic nomination for trustee of Jefferson township subject to the decision of voters at the May pri mary. Mt. Peel has resided in Jefferson township for many years and has been a Democratic worker for a long time He stated that he would do all in his power to work for the election of a complete Democratic ticket at tho November general election. He stated that if successful in the primary election, and in the November election, he would serve the people of his township in a economic and efficient manner. Mr. Peel started today to make a thorough campaign.

COMMISSIONERS ARE APPOINTED Harry Essex and William Linn Named to Serve in County William Linn, of Vance and Linn and Harry Essex, of Graham ami Walters were appointed as Demo- • ratio and Republican members res 1 poetlvely of the Ad&m» county board . of election commissioners and will serve with Bernice Nelson, county clerk in the primary and genera l elections of 1930, it was announced today. The law provides that each conn- j ty chairman shall nominate and the; clerk shall appoint tv member of each political party to serve with lie clerk on the county board. Thi. board has complete charge of the primary election and is responsible l*!'or the election in each precinct in I the county. The board met this week and de signaled tho number of delegates from Adams county to each sta'e convention. The INmocrats ntay send 11 delegates to the Democratic state convention and the Republicans may send S official delegates The board has the supervision of he ballot printing for the county and has charge of tabulating the votes as they are returned by the precinct inspectors. The board of election commissioners will meet next week, following the closing time for filing of declarations and prepare a list of primary election candidates. o Lodges Will Attend Services In Body Members of the Knights of ColumbuM and Holy Name society of the St. Marys Catholic church will attend the seven o’clock mass in a body Sunday and receive Holy Com munion. Tho members are asked to meet at tho Decatur Catholic high school building and then march to the church.

APRIL 5 SET AS FINAL DAY Candidates May File Until 5 o’Clock on Next Saturday P. M. Much controversy has arisen concerning the last day on which a candidate for county or township office in the May primary election can tile ’ his declaration with the county clerk. The final day is April 5. and the clerk's office closes at 5 o’clock on that day. Delegates to the state conventions have until April 15 to file their declarations. It is usually the custom for the chairman of each political party to file a complete ticket of delegates, apportioned in the correct way. The clerk's office has been a busy place the last few weeks and indications are that several more candidates for the various offices will tile their declarations before the final day. next Saturday. There is no charge for a candida'e filing his declaration for office and it is only necessary tor him tc fill out a declaration blank. His name then will appear on the official ballots of the county. • The blanks are furnished by the county clerk. Parole Petition Is Denied D. C. Stephenson Michigan City, Ind., March 29— (U.R) —D. C. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon, was denied a petition for a 90-day parole by the Indiana state priatn trustees at their monthly meeting at the prison yesterday. The board read a two-page statement to Stephenson’s attorneys and newspapermen reviewing the prisoner’s attempts to secure parole since he was imprisoned for life in 1925 upon conviction on charges: of murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzet, Indianapolis. Help With Husking On Syphers’ Farm The members of the Willshire, Ohio. Knights of Pythias lodge recently went farm home of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Syphers in St. Marys township and husk the corn on the Syphers farm. Mrs. Syphers has been suffering for some time with ill health. Both Mr. and Mrs Syphers wish to thank the men for their kind work.

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WELFARE GROUP MEETS TODAY Speakers Ask so r Fair Play at Regional Wei fare Meeting Indianapolis. March 29-r-(U.R)~ A plea for tolerance and fair play , was sounded at the Ohio Valley Gegionnl conference of tho Child Welfare League of America meeting in Indianapolis today. "The illegitimate i hild is, of all children, the one who appeals most to the sympathies of tho social (worker and lhe one most difficult Ito guide into a life of freedom land contentment," Mrs. Edith M. H. Baylor, director of children, Simmons' College, Boston, told the assembly. "Our present concern is to find some way of helping him to feel that he has a right to be in lhe world." she continued, “to make him realize that be will need to Ibe stronger and more efficient than others if he is to meet the extra demand. "We should show him that he is not actually different in himself and that the only difference is in the traditional thinking going on in tho minds of othens. When he understands that, by building ;tp his own character, he can swing the negative conventional attitude of others to a positive personal friendliness, he may bo stimulated to makp effort. “It is impossible to legislate illegitimacy out of existence, but it is possible to obtain support for tho illegitimate child." Among speakers at the Friday session was Dr. 11. E. Barnard, director of the White House con- ' forence on child health and protec--1 tion. o > ■ Cold Wave Stamps Out Two Epidemics Gary, Ind., Mar. 29 — (U.R) Tho blizzard which swept Gary much of the week was an ill wind that , bore much good, by stamping out threats of epidemics in two diseases. according to reports of the hralth department. Scarlet fever and measles were | both rapidly gaining headway until cold weather brought the spread to a dead stop, Mrs. Hazel L. White health board clerk, reported. A week in which not a single ■ contagious disease was reported, will do much toward eliminating . further danger, it was believed.

Same Irish Cabinet May Be Sent Back Dublin. Mar. 29.—(U.R)—The combination of political circumstanqes that defeated William T. Cosgrave’s Irish free state government will result in sending the same government back into office again, in the opinion of political observers today. Cosgrave was defeated by a coalition of labor, independents, and tlie fianna fail (De Valera party, i But in order to prevent raising De Valera's issue of republicanism again, an issue which is not popular with those outside the fianna fail, it is probable Cosgrave will be returned to office by the same labor and independent votes that were cast against the government Thursday. _ 0 Hougham Seeks Office Franklin, Ind., Mar. 29. — (U.R) — Interest in the coning race for position of state superintendent of public instruction was increased considerably today with the announcement that Robert B. Hougham. superintendent of the Johnson county schools had placed his name on lhe democratic lists. Hougham is widely known in ducational ci oselcrevrcrmontedeh educational circles over the state and his announcement came as a result Os a movement started by friends to secure his nomination. He served in the 1917 and 1921 sessions of the legislature. ■— ; o Two Candidates File Two more office seekers todaj' filed theii declarations of candidacy. Harry Daniel, of St. Marys township filed his candidacy for the Republican nomination for trustee of that township. John Toner of French township filed as a Democratic candidate for township assessor.

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Morrow Counsel Muy Get His Post in Mexico i ▼ George Rublee. New York lawyer and present adviser in London to Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow. ! one of the American delegates at ' I lie Naval Conference, is expected to be chosen by President Hoover : as the successor to Mr. Morrow as Ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Rublee is a well-known international law- I yer and was associated with Mr. I Morrow in Mexico last year. PAIR CONFESS MANY THFETS Indianaoolis Youths Admit Long Series of State Robberies Indianapolis. Mar. 29.—(UR) —Two young men. both of them parole violators who had set upon careers of crime much as a business num c houses his endeavors, were captured in tho office of ftoliert Humes, chief of the state police, yesterday and confessed to a long I list of crimes, three of them major holdups in Indianapolis. The men are Donald Joseph. 22, and Paul Pierce, 19. both of Indiana polis. In their statements to officers they were said to have admitted tlie Checker Cab company money truck holdup on Feb. IS. the Yellow Cali company payroll robbery March 11 and the Freihofer Bakery company holdup March 7. The two confessed bandits escaped with $2,825 in tlie three robberies. In addition to several filling station and auto thefts, they confessed to holding up the Donaldson Omar bakery in Columbus. 0., la«t week taking $1,500 from the cashier’s cage. The bandits, in their confession, said they met in Indianapolis after being released from the Indiana state reformatory last year. Joseph was released on parole in May. He had been serving a sentence of one to ten years for robbery. Pierce, released in June, was serving a sentence for vehicle taking. The men were captured yesterday when they appeared at the statehouse to have a certificate of title for an auto transferred. The . police had been tipped off by a ; used car dealer who became sits- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX I • o T. J. DURKIN IS OFFICE SEEKER Decatur Man Democratic Candidate for County Clerk Nomination Thomas J. Durkin, resident of the city of Decatur since 1907 announc ed today that he would be a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the office of Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court at the Primary election to be held May 6th. 1930. Mr. Durkin has been a resident of Adams County since 1882. living on I a farm in Washington Township until 1907 when he entered the First National Bank at Decatur as assistant cashier which position lie held until he was elected sheriff in 1910. He lias been active in politics for many years and is well known throughout the county. Since retir Ing from the office of sheriff he has been engaged in tlve automobile business in Decatur. He stated that he would immediately bfgiu an active canvass for the office and would continue in the campaign for the election of a com plete Democratic ticket.

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REPORT FILED BY COMMISSION WITH HOOVER Chart Suggests Small Outlay Os (’ash And Wise Policies ASK RECOGNITION FOR NEW LEADER Washington, March 29.— (U.P.—President Hoover hail before him today a clinical chart of Haiti’s ills a prescription for its every ache anti pain, and fair assurance that one of his biggest I,atinAmerican problems could be solved by wise administration and a small outlay of cash. Tlie Haiti comniinHiott of inqu ry instructed to determine "when and how" this government shail withdraw from the island ri public. visited Its patient, drew up its recommendations and had them approved by Mr. Hoover within lhe short space of seven weeks. They stand now tlie presidetit said late yesterday, as tlie basis of America's Haitian policy. Briefly, tlie recommendations eall on tlie United States to help make Haiti a country of and for Haitians. Meanwhile, however, tli s country is to lend a steadying hand to the government of the small revolution ■ torn republic. Marines are to lie withdrawn eventually, but only when Haitian . have established a strong steady government capable, of maintaining older. The commission late yesterday made the following recommenilations to Mr. Hnoverr 1. Assign American naval mid marine officers to Haiti for at least four years and choose those who will stay there after tlie pie sent treaty expires if tin* Haitian government wants them. 2. Provide a continuing appropi iation to be spent for roads by. tlie Haitian government. Keep existing roads in repair before building new ones. 3. Do not object to a “moderate reduction" in customs duties, internal revenue taxes, e-peciallj those on alcohol and tobacco, or to a reduction or elimination of the export tax on coffee, "if the treasury's condition warrants it. Under the head of "subsequent (CONTINUED ON PAGE SJX) DEATH CALLS JOHN C. COWAN Former St. Marys Township Trustee Dies at Home of Son John C. Cowan, 77, former trustee of St. Mary's township and life long citizen there, died at 1 o’clock this morning at the home of his son, Dr. J. C. Cowan, at New Haven, after suffering a year from Bright’s disease. Since November 6 last when he was stricken wit it paralysis, he lias been bedfast. John Calvin Cowan was born in St. Mary’s township, Adams county, January 6, 1853 and lived there until a few' years ago when he moved to Willshire but retained his farm in this county and visit it daily as long as his health permitted. During his life he was active in various affairs and served a number of years as trustee of bis township. When a young man he married Miss Dailey whose death occurred in 1907 and in 1915 ho married Lillian Strack who survives him. Tlie children survivin'; are Mrs. Wilma Schenck, St. Marys township; Dr. J. ('. Cowan, New Haven; Earl, of Tacoma, Washington; Harry, Ohio City; Dale, of Willshire: Mrs. Brice McMiileu. Pleasant Mills and Mrs. Don Roop, Memphis, Tenn. Funeral services will bo conducted from the Methodist church at \\ illshire Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock tE. S. T.) and 1 o'clock (C. S. T.) The remains will bo taken front New Haven to Willshire Sunday and may lx? viewed by friends any time after Sundav noon, until the funeral hour. Mr. Gowan was highly respected and had a wide acquaintance over this section of Indiana and Ohio